Vitamin B12 and Folate Status in Cognitively Healthy Older Adults and Associations with Cognitive Performance.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine prevalence of vitamin B12 and folate deficiency and associations with cognitive performance in participants recruited for the Cognitive Health in Ageing Register: Investigational, Observational, and Trial Studies in Dementia Research: Prospective Readiness cOhort Study (CHARIOTPRO) SubStudy (CPRO-SS).

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of data collected in the screening phase for the CPRO-SS.

Setting

Participants were recruited from the Chariot Register at Imperial College London comprising approximately 39,000 community dwelling volunteers.

Participants

Community dwelling individuals aged 60-85 years with B vitamin biomarker measures available were included (n=1946). After medical history and other exclusions, 1347 cognitively healthy part

SUBMITTER: Nalder L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12280608 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature